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Today, we think even more frugally with some amazing deals on our favorite gadget and gaming staples. Consider pre-ordering Halo Reach, or at least taking advantage of the discounted Android and iOS apps. Top Deals: • 55″ Vizio E550VL 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV for $1,049.99 plus free shipping (normally $1278 – use coupon code L1DC37ZJR1KK44)…
Meet Rick Vanner (the gentleman on the right), winner of $10,000 in the Best of Games category of the Intel Atom Developer Challenge. Goals features a tournament mode, team editing, five difficulty levels and speed settings—something for every soccer fan. In addition to being fun to play, Goals is perfectly designed for a netbook, with…
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski was as clear as he always is on net neutrality today in response to a potential Google/Verizon deal. Unfortunately, he doesn’t have the power to enforce this, which is what instigated the deal originally. [Reuters] https://gizmodo.com/nyt-google-just-killed-net-neutrality-updating-googl-5605310
While I’m still waiting for an inexpensive wood case replacement for the iPhone 4, there’s a solution for a mere $25: Karvt’s iPhone 4 skins crafted in real wood. I can’t decide between chocolate walnut or natural cherry. https://gizmodo.com/this-is-the-safest-and-most-beautiful-iphone-4-money-ca-5575302 The pine, cherry, and bamboo versions look beautiful. You can get them in maple and walnut…
You might think the late Sony Aibo was the first robotic dog, but it was late to the party according to this model from way back in 1960. Yes, this model, detailed in a book entitled Practical Robot Circuits could move, see and hear. In a series of photos (some in X-ray format) and accompanying…
iLounge claims that a “highly reliable source” has told them quite a few details about some new gadgets coming from Apple, including a new iPhone that will finally fix the antenna problem, which allegedly will be released in early 2011. https://gizmodo.com/why-apples-iphone-4-update-wont-fix-your-reception-prob-5577812 I was hoping for October, after Steve Jobs’ insinuations at the latest press conference,…
It was a sad day last month when Google announced that they would no longer sell the Googlephone, the Nexus One, through their website. But wait! The company’s now offering the Nexus One as a developer phone, unlocked, for $529. https://gizmodo.com/google-receives-last-nexus-one-shipment-5589205 In a post on the Android Developers blog, Tim Bray delivered the good news…
We’ve seen high-concept watches that are interesting, but the inevitable realization dawns that it takes ten minutes and vector calculus just to figure out what time it is. Mutewatch is different, its touch-based design actually makes it more…useful. Gone are the days of trying to remember which buttons to press; the Mutewatch uses a simple…
Remember the movie I, Robot? It just got a lot worse. Actually, with all those craptabolous crazy singing-and-dancing Bollywood robots, maybe it just got a lot better. Note: While everyone outside India identify Bollywood with this particular style of singing-and-dancing movies, the movie itself is made in Kollywood, as reader Harin Patel explains: Cracked up…
Unleash the iPhones of war! The Army’s announced the winners of their first-ever mobile phone app development contest. And the general behind the program says some of the applications will be in the field “within a year.” A total of 141 soldiers and Army civilians participated in the contest, called Apps for the Army (A4A),…
In 2006, Google co-founder Sergey Brin traveled to DC, urging Congress to support net neutrality. The New York Times reported this morning that Google and Verizon are conspiring to create tiered internet service. (UPDATING: Google denies, WSJ affirms NYT.) If the NYT report is true (see updates below), it would be an about face that…
Following the lead of neighbors Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon’s government is reconsidering its own stance on BlackBerry devices amid regional privacy concerns. The Lebanese Telecoms Regulatory Authority is planning talks with RIM regarding its worries. https://gizmodo.com/saudi-arabia-to-ban-blackberry-services-this-friday-5604006 Lebanon is only the most recent country to vocalize its distrust of RIM’s encryption measures,…
Who needs Texas Instruments? Not Matt Stack, creator of the Open SciCal. His homemade, 100% open source graphing calculator not only blows away the functionality of store-bought devices, but is the “ultimate status symbol among the nerdiest of the nerds.” When I was in high school, stolen TI-83s were a pervasive trade, the scourge of…
Using an iPhone app to log your bike rides is nothing new. But the $99 LiveRider kit is the complete package: a shockproof iPhone mount, wireless sensor, and an attractive app for displaying all your ride data in real time. LiveRider claims to be the first wireless cycling computer, placing a magnetic sensor near the…
When you’re tossing a keyboard as far as you can across an empty lot, you’ve got a few technique options: double-handed-over-shoulder, single-hand-sidearm, or the risky cord-sling-directly-into-camera-lens. I give it an eight for artistic merit, a four for technique, and a two bajillion for destruction of property. [The Daily What]
RIM’s CEO Mike Lazaridis spoke out ahead of tomorrow’s banning of BlackBerry services in Saudi Arabia, coolly pointing out that “everything on the Internet is encrypted. This is not a BlackBerry-only issue.” [WSJ] https://gizmodo.com/saudi-arabia-to-ban-blackberry-services-this-friday-5604006
Microsoft Hardware has been teasing what looks like a giant black eraser through its Twitter account lately. But! Neowin has some inside info that leads to a likely explanation: Microsoft’s Arc Mouse is about to get all touchy. https://gizmodo.com/what-is-microsofts-mysterious-black-nub-5603596 It all makes sense, really. Microsoft’s Magic Mouse competitor rumors burbled up just last month, when…
After security company Lookout revealed 1 million people’s personal details were at risk after downloading an Android wallpaper app, Google has done its own investigation and decided Jackeey Wallpaper wasn’t actually causing any harm to users. https://gizmodo.com/over-1m-android-users-details-were-compromised-thanks-t-5599435 The app has been returned to the Android Market, and while we knew last week that the app…
Doesn’t that look tranquil? Even those scared of flying would feel at ease, surrounded by all that water, and inside the hundreds of mini skylights. It’s part of a concept brief for the transformation of their Hanimaadhoo Island airport. Dreamed up by the Norwegian architectures Narud Stokke Wiig and UK agency Haptic, the island currently…
